[Bug 1023645] Re: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’]

[Jerry Miller]

Andy, sorry to hear that. 
I must admit that ubuntu is not the easiest of platforms, and there is so much jargon and assumed knowledge that it makes even simple problems difficult. 
If it's just the ndiswrapper problem, you might want to have a look at my experience, described in 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/1132511

There is a new release of ndiswrapper (1.58) available at sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/)
I also found a copy on ubuntu's support site after I had already installedit. 
It solves the problem that I was having in a couple of minutes. There's a copy of the tarball attached to the bug report, so you should be able to extract it and install it from there., or do your own search for a more current version.

Subsequently, my ubuntu kernel reverted to the 'currently supported'
version (1.57 for ubuntu 12.10, which is what I am running), so I had to
re-install. I've since updated my Synaptics package manager with a PPA
(I forget what it stands for, but as you say, it's more unpronounceable
stuff). It's supposed to tell the software installer not to overwrite
v1.58 with v1.57. So far it's working, but if it were to revert back, I
can re-install in a couple of minutes.

Go to the directory (folder) where you extract tarball and do 
sudo make clean
sudo make
If  there are no errors, then do 
sudo make install
 and then
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

I have no idea why a solution that seems so straight forward (v1.58)
and has been around for months,  hasn't been incorporated into the basic
distribution, but that's something that others can answer.

Jerry

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Title:
  ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to
  build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’]

Status in “ndiswrapper” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  WORKAROUND: https://launchpad.net/~crass/+archive/ndiswrapper

  rebooted after an update in ubuntu12.10

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-4-generic
  Date: Wed Jul 11 23:24:17 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  PackageVersion: 1.57-1ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: ndiswrapper
  Title: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-08 (2 days ago)

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